Farther, farthest or further, furthest?
Farther and further are comparative adverbs or adjectives. They are the irregular comparative forms of far. We use them to talk about distance. There is no difference in meaning between them. Further is more common: …

Examples of furthering

furthering

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The article concludes by discussing some pointers raised by the exchange for furthering the agent-structure debate.
Such models will likely play a key role in furthering our understanding of the transcriptional control of normal and pathological diaphragm development.
Studies of multiple infections are also important for furthering understanding of crossspecies immunity and predisposition to infection within hosts.
Where new democracies are fragile, presidents may favour decentralisation as a means of furthering the democratisation process itself.#!
Future research investigating these dimensions in greater detail would be beneficial in furthering our clinical knowledge.
Such comparative study is critical for furthering our understanding of phonological development at the levels of the segment, the syllable, and the word.
I would like to raise three issues in the hope of furthering discussions and comprehension of regimes of value in colonial contexts.
Studies of such collaborations have their present use for furthering technique and efficiency in construction.
It is hoped that this collection will inspire the studies essential in furthering the development of this new convergence research program.
Current investigations in our laboratory are now being directed towards furthering an understanding of the osmopriming process at this molecular level.
To some extent they reflect normative pressures furthering societal conformity.
It may become a social instrument, used for furthering the interests (political or else) of various categories of people.
It is an indirect duty because furthering your happiness is no more than a means to keeping you away from moral danger.
It is also a stock that binds internal networks when overcoming barriers and obstacles in furthering their causes.
A strong economy was in this respect considered essential to the furthering of fundamental political aims.
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